Bratsche
[ˈbʁaːt͡ʃə]
The verdict
“Bratsche” is uncommon German (frequency #65,060 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,060
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Streichinstrument mit vier Saiten, die in C-G-D-A gestimmt sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-bratsche · Bratsche · German
Bratsche · rank #65,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,060
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH brasilianisch…
Nearest frequency peer: brasilianisches (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Bratsche“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bommel
Bommel
34,945 corpus weight
- Brasilia
Brasilia
34,943 corpus weight
- brasilianis…
brasilianisches
34,942 corpus weight
- Bratsche
Bratsche
34,941 corpus weight
- Breisach
Breisach
34,940 corpus weight
- Brigadier
Brigadier
34,938 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bratsche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bratsche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁaːt͡ʃə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bratsche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bratsche is uncommon German at frequency #65,060 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁaːt͡ʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Streichinstrument mit vier Saiten, die in C-G-D-A gestimmt sind".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bratsche, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Bratsche, spelled B-R-A-T-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Streichinstrument mit vier Saiten, die in C-G-D-A gestimmt sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bratsche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Klang der Bratsche wird als voll, weich, dunkel bis in die höchsten Lagen, immer etwas melancholisch, leicht rauchig und etwas näselnd beschrieben.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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